Mail-box.



A. CHRISTENSEN.

MAIL BOX.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1912.

1,094,529. Patented Apra 28, 1914.

WI 7' NE SSES A; Al/ormy ALBERT CHRISTENSEN, 0F DALTON, NEBRASKA.

MAIL-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

Application filed September 27, 1912. Serial No. 722,648.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT CHRISTENSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dalton, in the county of Cheyenne and State of Nebraska, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mail-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to mail-boxes.

The main object of my invention .is to provide a device of this kind. that can be operated by a mail-carrier to deposit therein or remove therefrom mail, without alighting from the vehicle in which he travels.

Another object of the invention is to provide such a device as cannot be readily injured by contact with a passing vehicle or other objects.

Other and minor objects in connection with the objects expressed, will appear from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, Wherein the preferred embodiment of the invention is shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a side elevation showingthe device adjusted, and the box in the position to which it is moved before the removal or deposit of mail by the carrier. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same parts showing the box in its position in which the owner inserts mail, or in which he removes mail therefrom after deposit by the carrier. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the letter-box illustrating the telescoping sections thereof spaced apart, and, Fig. 4: is an end view of the receptacle member of the box.

Referring to the drawings, wherein like reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views thereof, 1 designates a suitable post or other part from which the device embodying my invention is suspended or supported. To the post 1 are connected upper and lower bolts 2 by means of nuts 3, which bolts are provided with eye portions 1.

1n the enlarged eyes of the portions 4: is rotatably mounted a track means supporting bracket, comprising a rod having essentially angle portions 5 and 6, the portion 6 being journaled or rotatably mounted in the eyes. Vertical displacement of the bracket is prevented by the provision of one or more collars 7 which are adjustable upon the portion 6 by means of set screws 8.

The track means comprises an arm member made from a suitable rod, which is provided with an elongated portion 9 pivoted at 10 to the portion 5. Said elongated portion 9 has depending or bent therefrom, end portions 11 to which is suitably secured a track of suitable material, shown as a wire or rod 12.

The portion 11 provided adjacent the rod portion 6 has loose connection therewith,

such as by means of a portion 13 provided with an enlarged eye or formed as a yoke or fork. The movement of the frame in opposite directions is limited by the abutment of the portion 13 with the eye portions of the bolts, or by other means which may be provided.

. From the track 12 is supported a suitable form of mail-box 14 by means of rollers 15, carried by brackets 16 secured to the mail-box.

The mail-box may be of any suitable construction, and as shown, comprises an outer casing 17 into which telescopes or slides a receptacle 18. The receptacle 18 may be provided with a handle strap 19 terminating at no one end in a projection having a slot 20 therein.

Should it, be desired the projection may be moved so that the keeper 21, which is carried by the casing 17 may be inserted through the slot 20.- The keeper 21 is pro- .vided with an 0 3611111 22 formed in the end D of the same, through which the arm of a padlock may be inserted for locking the box.

Should a wagon or other body come into contact with the mail-box or other projecting parts of the device, the device will swing from the portion 6 so as to prevent injury to the various parts. I 1

In operation, when the owner deposits mail in the box or removes it therefrom, the

box is in the position shown in Fig. 2. As the carrier manipulates the box, which he may do without ahghtmg from his vehicle,

the rod 9 is moved downwardly, which by 100 track 12 causes the box 14 by gravity, to 105 move to its position shown in Fig. 1. In such position the box is opened to remove or deposit mail therein, and after such removal or deposit, the rod 9 is raised whereby the mail box, due to the inclination of 110 the track 12, will return by gravity to the position shown in Fig. 2. t

As the preferred embodiment of my invention only has been shown, it is to be understood that changes Within the details of construction thereof may be made within the spirit and scope 6f the appended claims.

Having thus described my said invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a device as set forth, a support, a supporting member rotatably carried by said support, a rod having slidable communication With said member, said rod pivotally connected intermediate its ends to said member, a mail box and means carried by said rod for movably supporting said mail box.

2. In a device as set forth, a support, a bracket rotatably carried by said support, said bracket composed of angled portions one of which is rotatably carried by said support, a rod having one end slidably mounted upon said bracket, said rod pivotally connected at a point intermediate its ends to one end of one of the angled portions of said bracket, a track carried by said rod and a mail box slidably mounted upon said track.

3. In a device as set forth, a support comprising superposed spaced apart members provided with bearings, a bracket composed of angled portions, one of said angled portions being rotatably mounted Within said bearings, a, rod having one end slidably mounted upon the portion of said bracket between said supports, said rod being pivotally connected at a point intermediate its ends to one end of the other of said angled portions of said bracket, a track carried by said rod and a mail box slidably mounted upon said track.

ALBERT CHRISTENSEN.

Witnesses 1 KATHRYN WILLIS, GEORGE H. WILLIS. 

